Final Days of Gadgetman Groove? Ron Hatton Feels the Noose Tightening

Ron Hatton, inventor of the “Gadgetman Groove”, which is a precise groove placed on the throttle body of an engine, allowing for an increase in horsepower, torque, and gas mileage, as well as reduced emissions; says he has been subjected to a number of suppression tactics.

I was up at our intentional community project this last weekend and didn’t catch my email until this morning.

There were several messages about Ron Hatton and his Gadgetman Groove being in jeopardy because of what seems to be suppression tactics.

For those of you not familiar, in March 2009, Ron came up with a method of placing a groove in the throttle body of a car to improve mileage. He’s personally modified over 1600 vehicles, and with his team worldwide, they have done around 3000 vehicles. I had one of his installers put this groove in our minivan in December, 2009, and we saw a modest improvement in our mileage.

This morning, I called Ron and did an interview with him to get his take on what is happening.

After hearing his account, it seems to me like a concurrence of an angry wife over his substance abuse, including alcohol in the evenings as well as cocaine (1996) and meth, that he’s trying to keep bridled; as well as a corrupt police department playing patsy to some larger conspiratorial element. The level of sophistication in bugging his house, hacking his files, and hijacking stuff seems to go beyond what would make sense if they merely were concerned about his substance abuse. It may not have anything to do with his work in fuel efficiency technology; or it may. It certainly has elements of “own worst enemy”.

Update from August 20 pm. In the comments below, Ron wrote:

The thing is, I have lived a drug-free life for 17 years. I never used meth in my life until after more than two months of practically zero sleep, having my friends scared off and having all my electronics taken over. Keystroke loggers, all my pictures and videos of the invaders were erased-sometimes while I was watching them, but I have a witness who has seen them.

These are not delusions, although I admit they sound as though they are.

Many of my techs have come to visit me. All will testify to my being drug-free, for these kinds of drugs leave lasting impressions that cannot be denied.

Would you believe their testimonies? If so, read Lowell Graber’s response, for he was here and knows me.

Ron Hatton
Developer of The Gadgetman Groove

Ron thinks that the reason he’s being targeted is because not only does his fuel efficiency technology improve mileage thus decrease dependence on fossil fuels, but more importantly, it wakes people up, because when they realize how much a vehicle’s mileage can be improved, they begin to wonder about a lot of things they’ve been told from the mainstream.

Ron did provide me with quite a few photos of some of the tampering he has experienced. If I was an investigating officer, I would request some evidence that these changes are recent, such as from photos taken after Ron moved into the home, prior to the “tampering,” or from MLS sales photo records when he bought the home.

Access point thru window damage

Leftover Mystery Trim

Why it was replaced

Clean 5 year old computer

Serial on MB

Damage done in transplant

IMG_0105

Leftover Fresh Cut Plywood

New Drapes with creases

Properly installed

Poor Drape Pull job

Panel Paint

Missing Breaker

Tampered Screws

Hall Panel

Kitchen Lamp

Fresh Solder joints

Space created in repair

More solder

More Fresh Solder

Vivid solder difference

Broken and Super Glued Green panel

Unfinished tile grout

Door from Right

Door from Left stain

Dirt patter to trap door

Another broken brick

Bad angle on break

Broken Bricks

Many joints Obvious differences ceter to outside

He also said: “I have one complete laptop I would like to send to someone for forensics.”

I phoned the Hamilton, Montana city police department for comment, and they said that there is nothing in their records for Ron Hatton; and they referred me to the county Sheriff, who has jurisdiction for that address. I’m awaiting a return call from a deputy. As of August 21 am, they still have not responded, despite two separate calls to the office of Sheriff Chris Hoffman.

On August 26, 2013; 11:55 am Mountain, I received a call from Sheriff
Chris Hoffman. He said:

We responded out there three times, and there is nothing going on out there.

Any one of my deputies would do a great job, and in that particular
case, a Senior Sergeant responded. He didn’t have anyone with him.

Regarding Ron’s claim of people breaking in; there is nothing there that would indicate that.

We looked at the evidence [shown in photos in the story].

His wife is genuinely concerned about him.

We don’t blow calls off in this county. We follow up with everything. We don’t treat people like that. We investigate.
But there’s no place to go with this.

My sense in talking to him was that he was a genuine person with
nothing to hide, and that he was trying hard not to be unkind in how he
spoke of the situation. Reading between the lines, the feeling I got was
that he thought that Ron’s concerns were B.S.

Here is a sample email I received, describing the situation:

Hi everyone

As you may have heard, Ron is facing a long time in jail or a mental institution thanks to the efforts of the powers that be.

He just showed me they have put up new curtains while they arrested him the last time! Neatly crease folded but not quite the same. WHY?

Some bricks in his wall have been removed and sloppily mortared back in. His bug detector screams loudly when close to it.

Many spots in his house have been repainted, again screaming bug detector. He showed me on Skype.

He was arrested a second time and this time was asked for $15,000 for bail. A friend was kind enough to sign that.

He now needs to pay that within 2 weeks.

So he needs all the money he can get to have a show at defending himself.

If you can help in this way at all please put some money (even $5 or $10 will help, can you spare that?) into his bank account directly. We think this is probably the most likely way for him to actually receive it.
The details are:

US Bank Routing Number 307070115
Account 147490559993 Gadgetman Technologies
Paypal can also be used. Send your money to gadgetman@gadgetmangroove.com

They are obviously upset with losing revenue because of what Ron has done and they will shut him down.

Ron would dearly love the chance to make his case heard through the Coast to Coast AM. They are usually willing to listen to these types of sickening events, and it would give him a chance to let the world know what happens when you do something good for the fuel consumers. As you all know, a lot of inventors have gone this way. I guess he is lucky he has not been killed.

People need to know that there is so much more power in their petrol then they are led to believe, we are all being ripped of!

So, can you please send a message to George Noory at Coast to Coast (george@coasttocoastam.com) [CoastProducer@aol.com] and ask him to put Ron on air a.s.a.p.

I have sent him the following email but of course it may be a good idea to put your own one together.

It’s easy to do nothing and shrug it off as not being your business.
Please don’t!

It will only take a couple of minutes and it could change his life!

All that is necessary for evil to prosper is that good men do nothing (Edmund_Burke)

Lets do something!

Rino
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(I have removed my name, please use yours eh)
Hi George

I am writing you from New Zealand to ask you if you could please contact Ron Hatton from the Gadgetmangroove.com.

Ron has developed a groove that can be ground in the throttle body of most petrol cars and produce significant mileage improvements. 30 to 50% is not at all uncommon.

There are over 1000 videos on youtube where owners happily talk about their transformed car, it really works. He has personally done over 1600 cars and has a team all over the world doing the same, some 3000 cars and counting all up. By all means do a search, you will not find anything negative about him (apart from what has been posted by the people mentioned below). He has been doing this since 2009.

This fact has upset the powers that be and they are making it their business to put him out of business.

His computer has been hacked. A lot of files permanently removed and access to email and paypal account is blocked most days. He has to rebuild it every morning to use it.

His house has been widely tempered with. The lounge alone has nine audio bugs which the bug detector he specially bought has pointed out to him.

Things go missing or get broken, there have been many instances of people being in his home.

To cap things of they have planted drugs in his house and arrested him on felony drug charges.

He saw and heard a guy ring from his front lawn. When the police arrived they denied his existence.

Yesterday he was again arrested. At the station he saw the guy mentioned above in the station!

Already reports have been filed saying Ron is a criminal and hoodlum.

It is obvious that he will either go to jail or be sent to a mental institution because of the ‘wholesome’ efforts of these people.

He would dearly love to have a spot on your station to let people know what happens when you start to affect the petrol companies revenue and the government’s tax revenue.

It is infuriating to have to helplessly watch how a good man’s life gets ruined by big money without any heart or conscience.

As you well know many before him have gone a similar way after producing successful fuel saving methods, I guess he is lucky they have not killed him.

Bad people can only keep getting away with this sort of thing as long as good people nicely keep their heads down and mouths shut like good little sheep. I understand you are not one of those.

I would like to thank you for your help in advance!

With kind regards

PS Ron is being watched continuously so there is probably very little time…

My word of advice on this and any suppression is: “Remember, bullies get their power through fear. If you have no fear, they have no power.”

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Follow-up:

On August 26, after I heard from the Sheriff and posting the above report from him, and notified Ron of that; he then wrote:

Sterling,

It is obvious to me that you have taken a negative stance toward me and
everything that I have done. You have not completed the modification,
have dismissed a 15% increase in mileage as being “modest”, not reported to the limit of your ability on the successes my team have accomplished and support derogatory comments as though they are gospel.

When conflicting reports come in, you do not contact me for comments,
and appear to a certainty to be offering slanted news. So, while you
have presented a lot of data that is helping a lot of people, I can no
longer be affiliated with you nor can I be reasonably engaged in
anything you do.

You are presenting yourself not as an ally, but as a well-intended
enemy. I have enough of them already, and do not need another.

By positioning yourself in this way, you validate TPTB’s methodology of
“Divide and Conquer” when what the entire industry needs is unification.

You are doing the entire planet a disservice in acting this way.

Either present the WHOLE truth (and nothing but the Truth) or stay
silent. This behavior (partial and slanted truth presentation) is
beneath those who lead.

Ron Hatton

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Ron Hatton
Developer of The Gadgetman Groove
406-361-0491

I responded to him:

Ron,

I’ve seen a lot of personalities in this quest, and your situation has a lot of red flags:

I thought you might want to see a bit of what my friends have to say, and to give you a little update from my end.

I put a sign in front of my house offering a $1000 reward for information on the people who have been doing all the damage to me, to my home and to my business.Since posting the sign not even 48 hours ago, I have received many calls from locals sharing information with me about how deeply flawed the current agencies are. Reports that mirror my experiences in many ways, of the Sheriff’s department being ‘crooked’, of the same officers who were my arresting and (ahem!) investigators lying, and the most interesting of all, a woman called me to tell me she had seen videos of the judge sitting my case “doing hard drugs, having sex with _____ and of extreme drunkeness.” She is going to see about getting a copy of that video to me.

Now, I know you are a skeptic, that you believe the police, and I am here to tell you that is a very serious mistake to make in positioning yourself. We, ALL Americans, are under attack. Some being a greater focus than others, this does not change the fact of their abuse of power.

Anyway, that’s my update for you. Do with it as you see fit. Now, on to one of the many letters I have received from those I have served. Consider this: Who would know me better? The police whom I have never had dealing with or those whom I have served fro years?

I also got a phone call from Lowell Draper of Boners Ferry, Idaho, who recently visited Ron, and said that as a person familiar with construction, he agrees that there are some suspicious things that point to tempering, though there were also some things that he thought maybe Ron was being hyper-sensitive to, reading things into things that probably were not so.

Thank you Mr. Allen for this interview and write up! I left a message on your personal phone this a.m. You are welcome to contact me personally via the numbers I left on your voicemail.

I was at Ron’s house on August 5th-6th having called him to set up training after reading about “The Groove” and one of those with a background in construction/remodel that he mentioned in the interview. He showed me many of the things that are pictured above. The most glaringly odd to me (having not seen the house before August 5th, 2013) were the recently repaired light (seemed like it was accidently dropped and repaired) and the 2 computers. The 5 year old desktop motherboard was absolutely spotless! I know for a fact that every computer I’ve owned got a coating of dust on every interior surface within several months of buying them. His laptop also had an aftermarket (not Dell like the keyboard/screen) bottom panel with the factory original windows holographic sticker re-pasted on it.

Another really odd thing that Ron showed me in his shop (with appx. 12′ high ceilings) was a very fresh 2′ hole punched through it from top down. It was a very fresh break because the edges of the foam board around the hole were pristine white while all the surrounding ceiling was dingy gray with dust and age. Ron is over 70, I seriously doubt he was in his shop attic (which has no floor and 4′ center trusses and no stairs leading to it) for any reason. There was also a row of patio doors with side panels and full glass that were spotless clean vs. most of the other smaller windows being fairly dusty.

Bottom line, I came away with a strong impression he is being framed and set up to go to jail by someone for some reason! He is human as we all are and readily admitted his own shortcomings. I just can’t believe any local, small town law enforcement would go to the extent that I witnessed to bring down someone who has only been a recreational drug user.

Lowell Graber – Bonners Ferry, ID

Lowell Graber

As far as the “Gadgetman Groove” working. As a subcontracted rural mail carrier I have put 42,000 miles on my Jeep over the exact same route in the past 14 months and carefully document fuel usage. I can attest that with no modifications other then pcv delete and the groove, my RHD 2012 Jeep Wrangler got 29.63 mpg averaging 60 mph on the only little road trip I’ve taken since the mod (previous best highway mpg was 22.3. It has also averaged a solid appx. 3 mpg improvement on my route for the past 2.5 weeks since the groove. These are real world results!

Mark Euthanasius

Lowell did you try either one change without the other for comparison. Maybe you could try reconnecting the PCV to see how much of the difference is due to disconnecting the PCV and how much is due to the groove. I expect that the groove may provide a small benefit in SPFI engines a lesser effect in MPFI engines and virtually no benefit in DFI engines.

Lowell Graber

No I have not done a comparison with the PCV hooked up. However it was an honest test because I’ve had the PCV blocked for appx. 5k miles before the groove.

Ron Hatton

The thing is, I have lived a drug-free life for 17 years. I never used meth in my life until after more than two months of practically zero sleep, having my friends scared off and having all my electronics taken over. Keystroke loggers, all my pictures and videos of the invaders were erased-sometimes while I was watching them, but I have a witness who has seen them.
These are not delusions, although I admit they sound as though they are.
Many of my techs have come to visit me. All will testify to my being drug-free, for these kinds of drugs leave lasting impressions that cannot be denied.
Would you believe their testimonies? If so, read Lowell Graber’s response, for he was here and knows me.
Ron Hatton
Developer of The Gadgetman Groove

Mark Euthanasius

Ron, serious sleep deprivation is a problem unto itself known to be associated with paranoia and hallucinations. Put meth on top of that and it is one bad combination.

What would anyone learn by bugging your house? The groove is well documented, it is deployed. There isn’t a secret to steal. There isn’t a way to suppress how to install the groove. So why would anyone bug your house? Where are pictures of any of the many bugs you say have been installed? If someone with money wanted to bug you, why would they do such an incompetent job as to make the bugs easily detected?

There are malicious people all over the world who try to crack people’s computers and do malicious things. There are many websites that will install malware just by clicking on them. And they will succeed if you do not have good security software. Malware in your computer is a sign of poor security practices. It is not a sign that big oil wants to shut down your throttle body modification.

In the meantime, more and more cars are moving to direct injection which will eventually make the extra turbulence that the groove generates obsolete. That still leaves millions and millions of cars that could benefit if you can show objective proof that the groove is worth the effort.

PA32R

I interacted with Ron at my blog, where I have a couple of posts about the Groove (the first of which frequently shows up as most visited for a given period). I volunteered to design a test and analyze the data for a demonstration. Ron would have had to supply vehicles and modified and unmodified throttle bodies.

Ron did take a vehicle to an independent test lab (Automotive Testing Laboratories in Mesa,
AZ). He had a video on his site of his interaction with the President (I believe it was) of ATL and expressed supreme confidence that the results would bear out his contentions. He then posted the before and after results, which showed a decrease in fuel economy and an increase in emissions. Ron rationalized this as the result of the poor mechanical condition of the vehicle and an inappropriate test protocol. To the best of my knowledge Ron chose the vehicle and either chose or knew in advance the test protocol.

I think Ron truly believes in his Groove, and a user of the Groove showed up on my site to defend Ron. I’m sorry to see him apparently descend into a pit of paranoia. As to those who think “the man” would do this to him, I would point out that the dramatic upcoming increase in CAFE standards, the adoption of EVs and PHEVs, etc. belie this myth.

Exactly Mark. Paranoia is a common side effect of meth. The photos above are very similar other ones I’ve seen posted by people suffering from paranoid delusions.

PA32R

I’m amazed that Ron has ended up here. It’s like a convergence of wackos. I’ve interacted with him a couple of times on my blog. His claims are simply goofy. As I’ve said, if he were to claim “after blind testing in cars (or a single car) with fuel cells and a measured amount of fuel on a monitored test track, monitored by an independent expert, we’ve shown an improvement of 5% plus or minus 1.5% with a 95% confidence level” I’d believe it and perhaps even install it. I am willing to accept that typical EPA test cycles may not accurately reflect any improvement by the groove.

Ron’s claim is that well under half the fuel is burned in the catalytic converter or exhausted unburnt. This is provably (and has been proven) false. For one thing, the converter would melt!

There are a variety of other easy ways to show his claims are impossible. However, I’d not realized the issues that he has. His claims here are even wackier. No one has claimed that an engine is 99% efficient, let alone M.I.T. I don’t want to address his paranoia other than to say that “the man” has nothing to be gained by shutting down Ron. Everything he does is already well-known, he’s trained technicians do do it.

I think Ron is probably a nice guy and not a charlatan, but his groove cannot do what he says and I worry for his mental health.

Ron Hatton

Whoever you are, you have taken what I said and twisted it to suit your assertions. The fuel in fact burns from the point of ignition all the way to the cat, where the balance is supposed to be consumed.
You are also discounting the testimonies of experts in the field who tested and supervised tests on The Groove and how it affected engines.
I have no time to deal with those who deny rather than test themselves, and would not trust you to test fairly anyway. That is not without a few witnesses with open minds.
I have offered to ALL who claim themselves to be authorities in engine sciences to do the modification for them at NO CHARGE but not ONE of them have accepted my offer. Why? If The Gadgetman Groove can do nothing (as they all assert) then what is there to fear?
Nope. You may be only ignorant. You have at least been misinformed. At worst, you are a paid dis-informant. (Do they call people like you “Trolls”? People that will not tell their real name and spout jargon as if it were truth, diminishing everything that stretches our understanding?)
I wish you well, but will not partake in your offerings, no matter who you are.
Anyone reading this should consider that those speaking ill of my discovery are almost to a man silent about their true identities and consider therefor the source as invalid.

PA32R

Well Ron, click the link on my screen name here and be taken to my blog where my name is prominently displayed. You and I interacted after my first post about the groove, following the dust up at ecomodder.com. For the record, my name is Rob Ryan.

I offered to design a test protocol for you, gather the data, and perform the analysis (as described in my email further down thread and in my blog also linked there). And, of course, you and anyone else would be not only welcomed but encouraged to participate. You would, naturally, need to provide vehicles and modified and unmodified throttle bodies. It’s likely that we could come up with a protocol that would satisfy both you and me.

I’m not going to argue the efficacy of your device, your claims and my rebuttals are all laid out clearly at my blog site. You actually commented a couple of times there. Paid dis-informant? Ha, hardly. I’m more of an unpaid person passing along factual information. There’s more info about me at my blog site, and anyone can get a flavor of what I do and care about there (http://hamiltonianfunction.blogspot.com) insofar as this type of issue. What I do for a living is pretty much unrelated to this type of discussion.

PA32R

By the way, I’m no “authority in engine sciences” and don’t represent myself to be. But I do know how to calculate from first principles. I’d be very interested to see the “testimonies of experts in the field who tested and supervised tests on The Groove and how it affected engines.” Where is this testimony? I’ve been to your web site numerous times and perused it fairly thoroughly. After all, my first post on The Groove is typically among my most visited posts.

You do not know me, sir.
Please check with those that do before you make such a declaration of truth. Anytime you say “They are…” about something you do not KNOW then you are setting yourself up for a fall.

Ron Hatton

I have contacted the seller of the device (BartSaves) and asked him for a new device. This time, I asked him to test it first, and he has agreed.
When the device comes in I will sweep my house again and likewise present the video on my YouTube. Even if it proves inconclusive, I will show it as I prefer to tell “The WHOLE truth and nothing but…” for peer review.

Bruce McBurney

I have tried for years to expose the special fuel conversion systems that have been presented over the years by many different people I found that the gasoline had to be broken down further I posted my findings on web site himacresearch.com i also have other books and couple of CDs for resale about these 100 MPG fuel systems
I started working with Ron in 2011 he gave me a scholarship on his technology for my work in the field and in 2012 broke my wrist so did not do many mods most did not work for me but My 1989 jeep Cherokee straight 6 4x4that normally got 18-20 MPG was getting 27 and 30 MPG with the groove, I guess i got it right some what My dodge mini van goes like a bat out a h and gets 30 MPG at 60 mpg up from 22
I have seen many of Ron’s video testimonial and none looked phoney
Allen Caggiano was framed for drugs and proven in court but they jailed him anyways on weapons charges Record show that hundreds of inventors have tried to bring out economical technology only to hit the brick wall of suppression. I believe it was Tesla’s Piece Arrow that got his brain fried as their way of stopping him. crazy world we live in most of present media is lies

Scott Banks

ron stole the techmology from an airplane mech in AZ and never cut him in the deals he has tried to make.
I was at his house for a day and he was the rudest i have ever known. I have training ing in Ho systems and when I pressed him on the tech he is trying to press he blew up at me

He is also legaly blind and has no lic to drive yet he does and badly at that..